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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.
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|Transliteration C=askalopas
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|Beta Code=a)skalw/pas
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|Definition=ὁ, prob. [[woodcock]], [[Scolopax ruricola]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>617b23</span>.
|Definition=ὁ, prob. [[woodcock]], [[Scolopax ruricola]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''617b23.
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Latest revision as of 22:14, 24 November 2023

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Full diacritics: ἀσκαλώπας Medium diacritics: ἀσκαλώπας Low diacritics: ασκαλώπας Capitals: ΑΣΚΑΛΩΠΑΣ
Transliteration A: askalṓpas Transliteration B: askalōpas Transliteration C: askalopas Beta Code: a)skalw/pas

English (LSJ)

ὁ, prob. woodcock, Scolopax ruricola, Arist.HA617b23.

Spanish (DGE)


orn. becada, Scolopax rusticola Arist.HA 617b23.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀσκαλώπας: ὁ, εἶδος πτηνοῦ ὅπερ ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης (Ἱστ. Ζ. 9. 26) περιγράφει λεπτομερῶς ὡς ἑξῆς: ἀσκαλώπας δ’ ἐν τοῖς κήποις ἁλίσκεται ἕρκεσιν· τὸ μέγεθος ὅσον ἀλεκτορίς, τὸ ῥύγχος μακρόν, τὸ χρῶμα ὅμοιον ἀτταγῆνι· τρέχει δὲ ταχὺ καὶ φιλάνθρωπόν ἐστιν ἐπιεικῶς. - ἐν Κρήτῃ τανῦν εἶδος γλαυκὸς ὀνομάζεται σκλῶπα.

German (Pape)

v.l. für ἀσκάλωψ, = σκολόπαξ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀσκᾰλώπας: ου ὁ предполож. бекас или кулик (Scolopax gallinago, phaeopus или rusticola) Arst.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: woodcock, Scolopax ruricola (rusticola?) (Arist.)
Other forms: ending with long α?
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Prob. identical with σκολόπαξ. A substr. word with typical variations.